wrote:
On Jan 7, 1:27 pm, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 7, 1:09 pm, wrote:
On Jan 7, 11:21 am, wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:38:24 -0800 (PST), wrote:
It'll work. The only thing that the going digital thing will affect is
if you use an antenna. What I'm ****ed about is that now the History
Channel has went to digital format, the only way you can get it is
with the Comcast box. Only have one on the main TV, all the other TV's
are just wired directly to cable.
I really believe soon we will be getting content like "history" and
"discovery" directly from the internet with the cable company only
providing bandwidth. If guys like the Mythbusters could get us to pay
a dime an episode for the download they would make more money than
they do through the network and cable company distribution with very
little cost to them.
That's true. I'm having a little trouble understanding the thing with
the History channel. They went digital, so I get no signal unless it
goes through Comcast's box. Any other TV doesn't get it. BUT, when all
cable goes digital, it's not supposed to affect the cable ready TV's.
What's up with that?
"Digital" is a misnomer really. Before congress sold out to China to
force everyone to buy new TV's (Y2K hoax all over again), cable
companies used the word "digital" to make pay channels sound better..
In fact, all cable signals are "Digital". But to the cable companies
"digital" was a way of sorting out the good channels so they could
make them "premium" which is what they really should have called
them.. Of course that would have come off just as phony as their claim
that "Sattelite" providers are resold, have you ever gone by a "cable"
office and seen all the sattelite dishes in front
Once again, you demonstrate you simply do not understand anything. Stick
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Well, once again you say you are informed, but offer zero information
to back your claim.. I mean, it's obvious that you have plenty of time
to correct me (cut and paste from google), but you really have nothing
to offer... Stick to insults, it's all you have...


Tell you the truth, I find it far more fun and more interesting, too, to
watch you and several others wallow in your ignorance and stupidity.

Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals
down from satellites.

"hk" wrote in message
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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals down
from satellites.

Um. not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission methods,
not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with
numbers like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming
signals down from satellites.

Um. not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission
methods, not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch


I thought he was referring to cable company marketing and going to
digital because of HD and beyond.

"hk" wrote in message
m...
Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals
down from satellites.

Um. not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission
methods, not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch


I thought he was referring to cable company marketing and going to digital
because of HD and beyond.

I donno. Maybe he was.
I quit.

Eisboch

On Jan 7, 2:41*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"hk" wrote in message

m...





Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals
down from satellites.

Um. * not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission
methods, not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch

I thought he was referring to cable company marketing and going to digital
because of HD and beyond.

I donno. *Maybe he was.
I quit.

Eisboch- Hide quoted text -

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No need to quit, you explained it perfectly.. That's what the thread
needed...

On Jan 7, 2:39*pm, hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with
numbers like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming
signals down from satellites.

Um. * not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission
methods, not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch

I thought he was referring to cable company marketing and going to
digital because of HD and beyond.- Hide quoted text -

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Pfffffttt... Google fails you yet again snerk

On Jan 7, 2:06*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"hk" wrote in message

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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals down
from satellites.

Um. * not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission methods,
not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch

That's what I thought. I was mistaken thinking all cable output was
digital, Harry was too busy forcing a laugh to really read the thread

wrote:
On Jan 7, 2:06 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"hk" wrote in message

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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals down
from satellites.
Um. not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission methods,
not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch

That's what I thought. I was mistaken thinking all cable output was
digital, Harry was too busy forcing a laugh to really read the thread


Is that what you thought? I doubt it. I do admit, though, to not taking
anything you post seriously. Aren't you here to provide giggles?

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:44:41 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 7, 2:06Â*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"hk" wrote in message

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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals down
from satellites.

Um. Â* not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission methods,
not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch

That's what I thought. I was mistaken thinking all cable output was
digital, Harry was too busy forcing a laugh to really read the thread

Not so fast. It probably is "digitized," even the "analog stuff.
And you might be right on some other scores too.
Here's a few "factoids."
I have Comcast cable TV north of Chicago. Standard cable TV package.
All older analog TV's
No cable boxes.
Now, I get pic and sound breakups, frozen pics and sound, etc.
It's obviously digital farting, as this stuff NEVER happened prior to
2 years ago. Looks like typical processor or hard drive bound
interruption of digital data flow. Not the fuzziness or loss of
picture you get with a bad analog signal.
Now, Eisboch lost Comcast MSNBC to "digital"
I still have Comcast MSNBC - remember, I'm all "analog."
Loogy lost Comcast History Channel to "digital."
I still have History Channel.
I lost 4-6 other channels to the "digital" package, including
C-Span-2, and Hallmark and Oxygen. Losing Hallmark and some other
"chick" channel has my wife hating Comcast with a passion and pushing
me change to sat whenever she thinks about.
Eisboch says he needs a box to see Comcast digital TV programming even
with a digital TV.
When I talked to Comcast last week to step up to the digital package
I was told that if I had digital TV's I wouldn't need the Comcast
boxes. Just plug the cable right into the TV.
It's fishy.
But we'll clear the air eventually.
In the meantime, got a size 7 1/4 tin-foil hat I can borrow?

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 11:44:41 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 7, 2:06 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"hk" wrote in message

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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with
numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals
down
from satellites.

Um. not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission
methods,
not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch

That's what I thought. I was mistaken thinking all cable output was
digital, Harry was too busy forcing a laugh to really read the thread

Not so fast. It probably is "digitized," even the "analog stuff.
And you might be right on some other scores too.
Here's a few "factoids."
I have Comcast cable TV north of Chicago. Standard cable TV package.
All older analog TV's
No cable boxes.
Now, I get pic and sound breakups, frozen pics and sound, etc.
It's obviously digital farting, as this stuff NEVER happened prior to
2 years ago. Looks like typical processor or hard drive bound
interruption of digital data flow. Not the fuzziness or loss of
picture you get with a bad analog signal.
Now, Eisboch lost Comcast MSNBC to "digital"
I still have Comcast MSNBC - remember, I'm all "analog."
Loogy lost Comcast History Channel to "digital."
I still have History Channel.
I lost 4-6 other channels to the "digital" package, including
C-Span-2, and Hallmark and Oxygen. Losing Hallmark and some other
"chick" channel has my wife hating Comcast with a passion and pushing
me change to sat whenever she thinks about.
Eisboch says he needs a box to see Comcast digital TV programming even
with a digital TV.
When I talked to Comcast last week to step up to the digital package
I was told that if I had digital TV's I wouldn't need the Comcast
boxes. Just plug the cable right into the TV.
It's fishy.
But we'll clear the air eventually.
In the meantime, got a size 7 1/4 tin-foil hat I can borrow?

--Vic





Vic, I am very confident that the digitized "breakup" that you see on your
analog TV is happening somewhere else in the system, probably one of the
Satellite links. The video image of the breakup is simply modulated on the
analog cable carrier.

Your analog TV (by itself) cannot process a digital signal. Period.

Eisboch